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Tamha payattachittâ jûyam jhanam samavbhasaha
(47).
Padapatha.
Jam, because. Muni, a sage. Niyama, by the rule. f Duviham, two kinds fa Pi, both Mokkhaheum, the cause of liberation. Jhâne, by meditation. Paunadi, gets. a Tamhâ, therefore. Jayam, yon. Payattachittâ, with careful mind Jhanam meditation. Samabhasaha, practise.
47. Because by the rule a sage gets both the (Vyavahâra and Nischaya) causes of liberation by meditation, therefore (all of) you practise meditation with careful mind.
COMMENTARY.
Perfect faith, perfect knowledge and perfect conduct are the causes of liberation from the ordinary point of view, while really the soul itself possessed of these three is the cause of liberation. By meditation, one can have perfect faith, perfect knowledge and perfect conduct, and one can understand the soul also only through meditation. Therefore, Dhyana or meditation is of supreme importance for a person who seeks liberation. The author therefore in this verse asks everyone who is eager to attain liberation to practise meditation.
Al Yote AI LONE Ar geaz szimzady | furfaðað að fari fafaamurqfadig 118711* Mâ mujjhaha mâ rajjaha mâ dussaha itthanitthaatthesu, Thiramichchhaha jai chittam vichittajhanappasiddhîe(48).
Padapatha
Jai, if. faffe Vichittajbânappasiddhie, to succeed in various kinds of meditation. Chittam, mind. f Thiram, fixed. Ichchhaha, wish. Itthanittha-atthesu, in beneficial and harmful Mujjhaha, be deluded. Mâ, do not. Mâ, do not. Dussaha, be averse to.
objects. Mâ, do not. Rajjaha, be attached to.
48. If you wish to have your mind fixed, in order to succeed in various kinds of meditation, do not be
*Sanskrit rendering:
मा मुह्यत मा रज्यत मा द्विष्यत इष्टानिष्टार्थेषु ।
स्थिरं इच्छथ यदि चित्तं विचित्रभ्यानप्रसि यै ॥४८॥
Ma muhyata mâ rajyata mâ dviṣyata iṣṭânıştârtheṣu.
Sthiram ichchhatha yadi chittam vichitra-Dhyanaprasiddhyai-(48).
